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Date: 22 Jul 2006 21:31:25
From: gnohmon
Subject: 1. g4 Nf6!?
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My own special variation against Grob's Attack is 1 g4 Nf6 2 g5 Nh5 3
e4 g6 4 Be2 Ng7 5 d4 d5!; the moves as given may often be played but
are unlikely to be best.
The idea is that the Ng7 gets a hole on f5, and ...h7-h6 will expose
White's Pawn weaknesses. Although I wouldn't claim that this opening
isa world-beater, it seemse fairly strong against the type of player
who will play 1.g4 (um, yes, I guess that includes me historically. I
never played 1 g4 at tournament speed, though, only in speed chess.)
One time, long ago at the Manhattan Chess Club, the A and B sections
were combined and I got to play this defenxe against Sam himself. I was
strong then and he was wak, so the predictable result may have proved
little about the goodness of the opening.
Perhaps the real attraction of this opening is that you can play such
silly-looking moves and still win.
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Date: 27 Jul 2006 19:06:48
From: gnohmon
Subject: Re: 1. g4 Nf6!?
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Gajardo wrote:
> > My own special variation against Grob's Attack is 1 g4 Nf6 2 g5 Nh5 3
> > e4 g6 4 Be2 Ng7 5 d4 d5!; the moves as given may often be played but
> > are unlikely to be best.
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> IMHO I think 2.g5 is not a good move... in fact your knight could always
> choose to go in d5, a real better square. It's quite confusing analyzing why
> a knight should go in g7 in 4 moves!
> I know that you can choose to play bizzar chess like your opponent, but why
> do it if you can do better?
The N going to h5 is following a specific plan designed to take
advantage of the specific position in which the move is played. It is
my invention from the late 1960s.
The N going to d5 is more centralizing, but so what? Does it have a
plan, a purpose to back it up? Without a plan, it will be (in effect) a
worse move.
I have often played 1. g4 myself, again since the 1960s. Never in a
tournament-speed game; although in 1968 i several times played 1.b4 in
tournament games (with pretty good results).
1.g4 is not the most bizarre opening. 1.a4 was used by the winner of
the 188x "5th american chess congress", Doctor Preston Ware. There was
a specific strategic plan associated with this opening, and if you know
the plan, you can usually make this opening work even today.
(Steinitz's recommendation of 2..a6 in response to 2.a5 is still a
killer, though).
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Date: 23 Jul 2006 10:58:39
From: Gajardo
Subject: Re: 1. g4 Nf6!?
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> My own special variation against Grob's Attack is 1 g4 Nf6 2 g5 Nh5 3
> e4 g6 4 Be2 Ng7 5 d4 d5!; the moves as given may often be played but
> are unlikely to be best.
IMHO I think 2.g5 is not a good move... in fact your knight could always
choose to go in d5, a real better square. It's quite confusing analyzing why
a knight should go in g7 in 4 moves!
I know that you can choose to play bizzar chess like your opponent, but why
do it if you can do better?
Your positional considerations are correct, but we are discussing about a
very uncommon opening, full of "holes" in the position... it's all about the
comprehension of positional chess. A player with 2600 could always win
against everyone with this opening, expect for players at the same level.
Sincerely, I prefer playing the Grob Attack as Black, because is more
original, fighting for the e5 square, and in some lines preparing a sort of
Benko.
If you believe in this opening, and want to find a good defence against it,
play it with White for some weeks. You can learn a lot.
Bye from Italy,
Cristian "Gajardo" Gagliardi
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